...of engineering work, Mr. Tredgold's definition* of the profession of the civil engineer — viz., " The art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man." Good roads are among the most influential agencies of society, and road-makers have proved the most...

...within the State by a proper use of water and of water-courses. Civil Engineering has been denned as " the art of directing the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man;" and the practice of the profession gives ample opportunity and incentive to observe and to analyze...

...phrase goes, while they pursued to the utmost of their abilities, and most ably for their day, that " art of directing the great sources of power in nature, for the use and convenience of man," which constitutes the profession of the civil engineer. The difference between their point of view...

...attached to them by the Institution. The Charter defines " the profession of a civil engineer " as " the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for " the use and c -nvenience of man," and some examples of this definition are given. But it was pointed out by Thomas...

...attorneys and apothecaries, but the establishment in 1828 of the Institution of Civil Engineers to further 'the art of directing the Great Sources of Power in Nature for the use and convenience of mankind' marked the rise of a new kind of professional man. Members of these intellectual families...

...constrained in the main by topography, powerful landowners and city fathers. They were able to direct the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man without much regard for environmental questions. Brunel could drive his black britzska* across the...

...The description of the profession of a Civil Engineer, dating back to the Royal Charter in 1828, as '....being the art of directing the Great Sources...Power in Nature for the use and convenience of Man' might need a bit of repolishing in the light of present day attitudes to green and feminist issues,...

...and earth than are dreamt of in Hume's philosophy. 3. In 1828 Thomas Tredgold defined engineering as "the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man" (quoted in Florman, Existential Pleasures of Engineering, p. 19). Mike Martin and Roland Schinzinger,...

...Engineers, a prominent selfeducated English colleague, Thomas Tredgold, defined its field of expertise: "The art of directing the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man; being that practical application of the most important principles of natural philosophy which has,...

...Revolution. In 1827, the Institution of Civil Engineers selected a definition of its profession as "The art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man." 25. In the light of the challenges posed to human society by our own actions in destroying the global...